10 depressing photos of amusement parks in the winter

A couple walks along a nearly empty boardwalk at Coney Island on a chilly afternoon in Brooklyn on November 10, 2017. Spencer Platt/Getty Images

September is quickly approaching, which can only mean one thing — summer is over. And with summer ending, it's the perfect time to get in all those last-minute warm weather activities you'll miss, like heading to your favorite amusement park.

If you really need a push, look no further than these sad photos of amusement parks during their off-season. They'll have you grabbing your friends and your car keys in no time — no one wants to admit that winter is right around the corner.

Keep scrolling to check out these 10 depressing photos of amusement parks during the winter.

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We all associate going to an amusement park with hot summer days, ice cream, and cotton candy.

One visitor to the park two weeks after Hurricane Sandy observed that this was "the only time I had experienced quiet on the boardwalk. The typical racket of carnival games, the roar of amusement park rides, the bellows of hawkers and prattle of pedestrians had vanished, replaced with a stillness so seemingly absolute that I don't even recall hearing the lapping of the tide."

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With the end of summer approaching rapidly, you might want to get to your favorite amusement park before it's too late, and it looks like this.